Closet-flushing apparatus.



W. HEAP. CLOSET FLUSHING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1910.

Patented Jul 14,1914.

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WILLIAM HEAI, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN,

ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM I-IEAP & SONS.

0F GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, A FIRM CONSIS'IING OF WILLIAM HEAP, WILLIAMLIONEL HEAP, AND CECIL R. HEAP.

CLOSET-FLUSI-IING APPARATUS.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEAP, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Grand Haven, in the countyof Ottawa and State of Michigan have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Closet-Flushing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has particular reference to the mechanism for actuatingthe flushing valve to discharge the tank contents, and consists in aconstruction including a rotary or rocking operating member positionedupon the tank exterior in proximity to its lower edge in a convenientposition for use.

The invention further consists in the peculiar arrangement andcombination of the various parts of the mechanism, and in certaindetails of construction, as will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings,--Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view illustratingan embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view ofthe lever operating or controlling member and its connector; and Fig. 3is a perspective view of the tank.

In the drawings thus briefly described, A represents the flushing tank,of usual construction, provided with a discharge opening or outlet inits bottom wall, 13 is the usual flushing valve seat about the opening,and C the valve.

I) is the operating lever for lifting the valve from its seat to permitof the discharge of the tank contents. It is in the form of a balancedarm, fulcrumed intermediate its ends to the front wall of the tank nearthe top thereof, as plainly shown. At one end, the lever is providedwith an inwardly extending ofiset a, to which is connected the lift wireor rod 1), which unites the lever with the flushing valve. The oppositeend of the lever is weighted, as at 0, and is further provided with astud d. The operating member for the lever is in the form of a handle E,positioned as shown in Fig. 3 upon the exterior of the tank near itslower edge and near one of the tank ends in Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Application filed February 11, 19 10. Serial No. 543,326.

a position where it may be conveniently operated. The handle is rigidlyattached to a stub shaft F, which projects through an opening in thefront wall of the tank and carries rigidly attached at its inner end anarm G.

H represents an operative connection between the handle and the valvelever. I have here shown it in the form of a rigid bar formed with aloop 0 at its upper end engaging the stud d and terminating in athreaded section f at its lower end engaging a threaded bearing 9swiveled upon the arm G.

The manner of operation of the valveactuating means is obvious. Uponmovement of the handle section in either direction, the main operatinglever is shifted and the valve lifted from 1ts seat. To maintain thehandle section in the desired depending vertical position, as indicatedin Fig. 2, I have provided, in addition to the balanced lever, acounterweight for the valve. I designates the counterweight referred to,which I preferably apply to the operating member E, the connection beingmade directly with the rotary arm G, as shown in Fig. 2.

Furthermore, to allow of the expansion and contraction of the tank, Ihave provided not only means for adjusting the connection between thehandle member and the valve, but also a lost motion connection that willserve to take up any slight variances in the tank. The adjustment iseffected through the threaded end 1 and its bearing 9, while the play isobtained through the link or eye 6.

What I claim as my invention is,-

In a closet flushing mechanism, the combination with'the tank, of avalve operating lever arranged therewithin and fulcrumed intermediateits end upon one side of the tank interior adjacent the top thereof, avalve, a connection between one end of said lever and said valve, a rockshaft journaled in said side wall of the tank adjacent the bottom of thetank and arranged upon the opposite side of the fulcrum of the leverfrom the connection of the latter With the valve, said rock shaft havingportions extending Within and Without the tank, an arm secured to theportion of therockshaft Within the tank, a handle arranged Without thetank and connected to the rock shaft, a rod connecting saidarm and theother end of said lever having a lost motion connection With the one andadjustable connection WILLIAM HEAP. l/Vitnesses: I

H. R. G. MIMITT, ADDIE GRANT.

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